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A Conversation With Coraline: Inappropriate Reading Material

“That book I picked up from the library is about the Green River Killer. It’s by a famous true-crime writer named Ann Rule. She wrote her first book after discovering that the nice guy she worked with at a crisis hotline was actually a serial killer. Turns out her friend Ted was Ted Bundy.”

“Wow. Really?”

“Yeah.”

“I want to read a book about Ted Bundy!”

“Sorry, kiddo. I’m pretty sure there’s not a ‘Who Was Ted Bundy?’ in that series you have about people like Ruth Bader Ginsburg.”

“That’d be cool if it was a real book, though.”

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A Conversation With Coraline: Abandon Ship

“Were you alive when The Titanic sank?”

“No. No one you know was alive when it sank.”

“Not even Abuela?”

“Oh my God. It sank one hundred six years ago! She would be horrified to hear you think she’s that old.”

“Don’t tell her!”

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A Conversation With Coraline: Cows and Heroes

“What did you learn about in school today?”

“We talked about cows and heroes!”

“Cows and heroes? That’s interesting.”

“And guess what?”

“What?”

“I’ve been waiting to tell you this all day because it’s really special. Do you know who my hero is?”

“No. Who’s your hero?”

Pointing excitedly: “You are! You’re my hero! Isn’t that the best thing you ever heard in your whole life?”

“You know, kid, actually it is.”

March 24, 2015

March 24, 2015

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A Conversation With Coraline: Victoria’s Real Secret

“Look, Mommy! They have little dresses for little kids!”

“Those aren’t dresses.”

“Yes, they are.”

“No, they’re people clothes.”

“Oh. Look! There’s another little dress for little kids!”

“Again, that’s not a little dress. You know what? I’ll come back another day by myself.”

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A Conversation With Coraline: Q&A

“What does … chocolate milk turn into?”

“Pee.”

“What does … chocolate turn into?”

“Poop.”

“What does … candy turn into?”

“Poop.”

“What does … water turn into?”

“Pee.”

“What does … the fox say?”

“Ni ni ni ni ni ni ni.”

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A Conversation With Coraline: Baby Gaga

“I’m going to have a baby sister.”

“Oh, you are now, are you? Because that’s news to me.”

“Yes. And she will be named Baby Gaga!”

“You know that wouldn’t be her real name, right?”

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